The atypical date on which the Qatar 2022 World Cup will take place has caused both the Argentine national team’s coaching staff and the players to worry about an injury that will complicate their participation until the end. Furthermore, this change in the calendar means that the footballers have activity until this Sundayone week before the start of the Doha ecumenical event.
During that time, players will have to travel to join the concentrations of 32 teams, including Argentina in Abu Dhabi, where they face their last friendly against the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. River goalkeeper Franco Armani and Benfica midfielder from Portugal Enzo Fernández await us from Wednesday.
Meanwhile, other players like star Lionel Messi will play matches for their respective clubs.
Until Sunday, when they will have to be released from the FIFA regulations, they will be there 25 matches with the involvement of the Albiceleste players, who cross fingers more than ever in order not to have bad news as happened with Giovani Lo Celso.
There is also a good chance that some players are protected or assisted in your team like Paulo Dybala, Nicolas Gonzalez and Juan Foyth after returning from injuries, so as to arrive without problems at the World Cup which will begin in just 12 days.
From the list consisting of 31, 24 players could be active in these 25 games which remain until Sunday, in the days of the championship or national cups. Some of them, like Messi, are active until the last day.
seven players they will be the ones who could play just a game: The star Leone Messi (PSG-Auxerre for Ligue 1), the goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez (against Brighton for the Premier League) e Lisandro Martinez (with Manchester United vs Fulham for the Premier) would have taken the field on Sunday.
This Wednesday he will play Exequiel Palacios (with Bayer Leverkusen against Cologne for Bundelisga), on Thursday he will play German Pezzella and Guido Rodriguez (with Betis-Valencia for LaLiga) and on Friday it will be the turn of Nicola Tagliafico (Olympique Lyon-Nice for Ligue 1.
Rodrigo De Paul next to Nahuel Molina and Angelo Correa would play two meetings with Atlético de Madrid (Wednesday for the championship against Mallorca and Saturday for the Copa del Rey against Almazán), as well as Cristian Romero (with Tottenham on Wednesday against Nottingham Forest for the League Cup and Saturday against Leeds ), Alejandro Gómez, Marcos Acuña and Gonzalo Montiel (with Sevilla on Wednesday against Real Sociedad and on Sunday against Velarde for the Copa del Rey), Leandro Paredes and Ángel Di María (at Juventus on Thursday with Hellas Verona and on Sunday against Lazio), Lautaro Martínez and Joaquín Correa (Wednesday against Bologna and Sunday against Atalanta).
In addition, to this last list of players who can play two more games until Sunday are added Gerónimo Rulli and Juan Foyth of Villarreal this Wednesday against Espanyol and Saturday against Santa Amalia for the Copa del Rey, Julián Álvarez with Manchester City this Wednesday against Chelsea and Saturday with Brentford, Alexis Mac Allister in Brigthon on Wednesday against Arsenal for the EFL and Sunday against Aston Villa.
Nicolás González with Fiorentina on Wednesday against Salernitana and on Sunday against Milan, and Paulo Dybala with Roma on Wednesday against Sassuolo and on Sunday against Turin, again I’m in doubt and they probably won’t or will in a few minutes. The players Nicolás Otamendi and Enzo Fernández, on the other hand, entered the squad after the expulsion of Lo Celso, they will have no activity like Armani which is already concentrated in Qatar.
Despite the fact that most of the leagues in which Argentine footballers stand out spend half their days completing the tournament, their eyes will be on what happens in each match, bearing in mind that the start of the World Cup will be among a few. days . Also, 13 players, including Messi, could be present at Sunday’s matches with their respective teams if the coaches so decide. After that day, they will travel to Qatar to fully focus on what will happen from November 20 to December 18 at the Qatar World Cup.
Wednesday 9
EFL FA Cup
4.45pm Arsenal v Brighton Albion (Alexis MacAllister)
16.45 Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham (Cristian Romero)
17.00 Manchester City – Chelsea (Julián Álvarez)
Italian Serie A
14.30 Sassuolo – Rome (Paulo Dybala)
16.45 Fiorentina – Salernitana (Nicolás González)
16.45 Inter – Bologna (Lautaro Martínez and Joaquín Correa)
Spanish League
15.00 Seville – Real Sociedad (Alejandro Papu Gómez, Marcos Acuña and Gonzalo Montiel)
16.00 Espanyol – Villarreal (Geronimo Rulli and Juan Foyth)
17.30 Mallorca – Atlético de Madrid (Rodrigo De Paul, Nahuel Molina and Ángel Correa)
German Bundesliga
14.30 Cologne – Bayern Leverkusen (Exequiel Palacios)
Thursday 10
A series
14.30 Hellas Verona-Juventus (Leandro Paredes and Ángel Dí María)
Spanish League
16.00 Valencia – Betis (Guido Rodríguez and Germán Pezzella)
Friday 11
Liga 1
17.00 Olympique Lyon – Nice (Nicolas Tagliafico)
Saturday 12
Premier League
9.30 Manchester City-Brentford (Julián Álvarez)
12.00 Tottenham – Leeds United (Cristian Romero)
King’s Cup
17.00 Santa Amalia – Villarreal (Geronimo Rulli and Juan Foyth)
18.00 Almazán – Atlético de Madrid (Rodrigo De Paul, Nahuel Molina and Ángel Correa)
Sunday 13
Premier League
11.00 Brighton Albion – Aston Villa (Alexis MacAllister, Emiliano Martínez)
13:30 Fulham-Manchester United (Lisandro Martinez)
Liga 1
9.00 Paris Saint-Germain – Auxerre (Lionel Messi)
A series
8.30 Atalanta – Inter (Lautaro Martínez and Joaquín Correa)
11.00 Rome-Turin (Paulo Dybala)
14:00 Milan – Fiorentina (Nicolás González)
16.45 Juventus – Lazio (Leandro Paredes and Angel Di Maria)
King’s Cup
12.00 Velarde – Seville (Alejandro Papu Gómez, Marcos Acuña and Gonzalo Montiel)
Source: Clarin
